I, um, I think I might have accidentally made one of the Kinokojin when creating a return stone. There weren't any in the area I've settled, and when I finished crafting the stone, one suddenly appeared. I wish I hadn't attacked it in fright, as now I wonder what he would have done.

I think the little things steal stuff that you left on the ground, or maybe it's just my imagination

They sure as hell do! I found one making creepy noises near my house, and went hunting for the little bastard as I didn't want my area mushroomed up. Little bastard stole torches while attacking me (multi-tasker!)

I'm actually teaching them to use tools. It will be hilarious once you see one coming at you with an undersized stone pick!

So, thievery, primitive intelligence with tools, and mushroom people. Are the seedlings and kinokojin some form of relative (ie, seedlings come from trees/plants/whateva and the mushroom people come from mushrooms)? The seedlings are a little more advanced now, but if the devs keep training the mush-people, it could end up like the native Americans and columbus (only thing that came to mind with my train of though :l )

So their AI is bugging out when there are items placed at elevation - in order for them to not steal my torch paths (way for me to track back to base) I've been elevating them on cobblestone towers. As a result I've watched the kinokojin giggle in glee and then bug out running against the cobblestone tower, or even run entire circles continuously around it trying to steal the torch.

So their AI is bugging out when there are items placed at elevation - in order for them to not steal my torch paths (way for me to track back to base) I've been elevating them on cobblestone towers. As a result I've watched the kinokojin giggle in glee and then bug out running against the cobblestone tower, or even run entire circles continuously around it trying to steal the torch.

Is that a bug or the first phase of them getting ticked off and then doing something like summoning a bear ram?